Fast forward to November 2007, and when she is greeted with this line knowing full well no such Terribles release has materialised, she doesn’t exactly get defensive but pretty candid.

Formed as a project to work on her own music, Donegal-native Doherty did not even envisage The Terribles becoming a live entity. However, after a favourable response to debut EP “Mistake: Do Over” in early 2006, a little gem of a lush lo-fi record, Neassa slowly but surely entered the live circuit.

Various people have chipped in including Ennis-songwriter Vertigo Smyth and Dublin outfit The Hollows.

“Tim (Mullane, Vertigo Smyth) started it off really. Crayonsmith had offered me a gig and I said I couldn’t do it. But Ciarán (Crayonsmith) got back to me and told me not to be worried about nerves, and then I was sitting in Tim’s flat, and we just ran through the songs! When I moved to Dublin, I basically recruited Greg and Gary from The Hollows as part of my band, and then we got a great drummer Gareth who plays in The Truro Syndicate and about five million other bands!”

Yet, despite some intentions to make The Terribles more of a band (they now play as anything from a two-piece to a five-piece depending on band-members’ commitments), Doherty still sees it as more of a project. “I always thought that it was supposed to be a bit of a one-off. After I released the first EP, and it got a decent reaction, I started putting a bit of pressure on myself, and I really don’t think I work well that way.”